Topics

Russell Westbrook posted his fifth triple-double in six games to help the Thunder beat the Toronto Raptors, 108-104, on Sunday night in Oklahoma City. Westbrook, the NBA's leading scorer, had 30 points, matched a career high with 17 assists and grabbed 11 rebounds for his seventh triple-double of the season and 15th of his career. Enes Kanter had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Serge Ibaka had 21 points and five blocks for the Thunder, which remained alone in eighth place in the Western Conference standings. The Thunder shot 51% from the field and outrebounded the Raptors, 49-33. DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points and Terrence Ross added 20 for the Raptors, who lost their third...

Related "Terrence Ross" Articles

Russell Westbrook posted his fifth triple-double in six games to help the Thunder beat the Toronto Raptors, 108-104, on Sunday night in Oklahoma City.
Westbrook, the NBA's leading scorer, had 30 points, matched a career high with 17 assists and grabbed...

Jeff Teague scored 26 points, Al Horford added 21 and the Atlanta Hawks got back to winning after their first loss in more than a month, pulling away from the Washington Wizards for a 105-96 victory Wednesday night in Atlanta.
The East-leading Hawks were...

Stephen Curry scored eight of his 34 points in overtime, and the Golden State Warriors won their 16th straight, 128-122, over the host New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night.
Klay Thompson added 29 points for the Warriors, whose franchise-long winning...

The Toronto Raptors scattered over two countries for the holidays. Some stayed in Canada for Christmas, and others headed to their off-season homes across the border in the United States.
There were plenty of options during the team's four-day break, the...

Stephen Curry overcame a rare off night from long range to post 21 points and seven assists and help the Golden State Warriors to their 13th consecutive win with a 102-86 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Curry missed six of his seven...

There are always two ways for the Lakers to momentarily wash away an otherwise dour season.
Kobe. Bryant.
There have been so many critiques — shot selection continually attacked, accuracy analyzed ad nauseam and even his missed free throws under siege...

The Lakers (3-13) just fell to the bottom of the Western Conference by losing to an injury-plagued Minnesota Timberwolves (4-10) on Friday. That doesn't bode well for Sunday night when they host the Toronto Raptors (13-3), the top team in the Eastern...

Tim Duncan and Boris Diaw scored 19 points apiece and the visiting San Antonio Spurs defeated Cleveland for the 10th consecutive time — and got the best of LeBron James again — with a 92-90 victory over the Cavaliers on Wednesday night.
Manu Ginobili...

Dirk Nowitzki became the highest-scoring NBA player born outside the U.S. and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from 24 points down to beat the visiting Sacramento Kings, 106-98, on Tuesday night.
Monta Ellis scored 10 of his 16 points in the third quarter,...

Corey Brewer hit one of two free throws with 1.8 seconds left in the second overtime, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Miami Heat, 122-121, on Friday night.
Kevin Love scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Minnesota, which got 24 from Chase...

MINNEAPOLIS — Corey Brewer scored a career-high 51 points and Gorgui Dieng hit a short jumper with 4.6 seconds to play to give the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves a 112-110 victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday night.
Brewer also had six...

TORONTO — The Clippers took it on the chin from Toronto's Terrence Ross, who staggered them at times with his career-high 51-point outburst.
But the Clippers never went down during Ross' historic night for the Raptors franchise, because they had their...

Raptors 106, Lakers 94 (end of regulation)
Kobe Bryant returned to action on Sunday night, eight months after tearing his left Achilles' tendon, but the Lakers struggled in a 106-94 loss to the Toronto Raptors.
Raptors power forward Amir Johnson had a...

After giving a huge effort in a loss Wednesday to the two-time defending NBA champion Miami Heat, the Clippers have to gear up to face the Toronto Raptors on Friday night at Staples Center.
The Clippers will have to find the energy again to face a...

Paul George scored 23 points and Roy Hibbert had 21, leading the Indiana Pacers back from a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit for an 84-83 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night at Indianapolis.
The NBA's best home team ended a two-game losing...

James Harden scored 28 points and the Houston Rockets used a huge third quarter to turn a close game into a blowout in a 112-86 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night at Houston.
Harden scored 16 in the Rockets' 38-point third quarter, which...

Some Lakers fans were undoubtedly hoping General Manager Mitch Kupchak would pull a Pat Haden and meet his embattled coach on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport late Thursday night before he could board the team plane and coach another game....

A group of reporters who cover Pacific 12 Conference schools, including The Times' UCLA beat writer Ben Bolch, recently gathered for a virtual roundtable to discuss pertinent issues as the college basketball season opens this week: True or false: The ...